# CVE-2021-39212: Issue when Configuring the ImageMagick Security Policy

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.0-7, 6.9.12-22
- Published: 2021-09-13 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- ImageMagick: from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.0-7; fixed in 6.9.12-22

## Description

ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution or as source code that you may use, copy, modify, and distribute in both open and proprietary applications. In affected versions and in certain cases, Postscript files could be read and written when specifically excluded by a `module` policy in `policy.xml`. ex. <policy domain="module" rights="none" pattern="PS" />. The issue has been resolved in ImageMagick 7.1.0-7 and in 6.9.12-22. Fortunately, in the wild, few users utilize the `module` policy and instead use the `coder` policy that is also our workaround recommendation: <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="{PS,EPI,EPS,EPSF,EPSI}" />.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ImageMagick, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.0-7, 6.9.12-22) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qvhr-jj4p-j2qr
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/01faddbe2711a4156180c4a92837e2f23683cc68
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/35893e7cad78ce461fcaffa56076c11700ba5e4e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00020.html

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